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coming up with several proposals. Expectations were that the last two ships of the 17 FREMM planned would be built to FREDA specifications; however, by 2008 the plan was revised down to just 11 FREMM (9 ASW variants and 2 FREDA variants) The 11 ships would cost €670 million (~US$ 760m) each in
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Italian-French program known as FREMM, which was implemented to develop a new class of frigates for use by various European navies. Constructed from 2014. On 1 February 2018, the frigate
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derivative of the FREMM called FREDA were placed – with
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FREMM class multi-purpose frigates in the French Navy
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650:from the original on 18 May 2013
646:(in French). 19 September 2007.
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413:class were developed from the
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429:hulls to replace the nine
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203:466 ft (142.0 m)
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497:. Originally, the name
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219:16 ft (4.9 m)
171:General characteristics
462:Horizon-class frigates
421:Development and design
987:Ships built in France
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328:remote weapon systems
38:(rear) on 22 May 2021
552:On 6 February 2021,
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340:air defense missiles
338:Aster 15 or Aster 30
232:Series 4000 (2.2 MW)
913:Royal Moroccan Navy
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380:Aviation facilities
352:Exocet MM40 Block 3
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680:23 November
600:29 November
524:sister ship
466:air-defence
407:French Navy
263:6,000
145:MMSI number
124:3 June 2020
34:(fore) and
977:2018 ships
971:Categories
889:Tahya Misr
705:2021-03-30
654:23 January
625:2020-11-08
595:Naval News
576:References
516:sea trials
508:Tahya Misr
375:helicopter
323:3 x 20 mm
276:Complement
224:Propulsion
195:6,000 tons
29:HDMS
894:Normandie
833:Languedoc
819:Normandie
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475:Normandie
447:Tourville
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398:Aquitaine
391:Normandie
361:torpedoes
181:Aquitaine
149:227999200
113:Completed
97:Laid down
77:Normandie
67:Normandie
36:Normandie
861:Lorraine
854:Bretagne
840:Auvergne
826:Provence
648:Archived
528:Bretagne
522:and its
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332:16-cell
311:Armament
292:Héraklès
129:Homeport
105:Launched
73:Namesake
547:Lorient
455:classes
444:of the
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325:Narwhal
216:Draught
186:frigate
91:Lorient
83:Builder
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200:Length
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298:radar
269:knots
260:Range
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244:Speed
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